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(1) Where an authorised person has reason to believe that it is not lawful to take an item on board a ship or into a port security zone that authorised person may seize the item for the purpose of determining whether the item may lawfully be taken on board that ship or into that port security zone.

(2) Where an item is seized under subsection (1), the authorised person shall

(a) take an inventory of the item; and

(b) give a copy of the inventory to the owner or the person from whom the item was seized

(3) Where the authorised person determines that the item may lawfully be taken on board the ship, or into the port security zone, the authorised person shall as soon as practicable, return the item to the person from whom the item was seized.

(4) Where the authorised person determines that the item may not lawfully be taken on board the ship or into the port security zone, the authorised person shall permit the person from whom the item was seized, to arrange for the item to be

(a) taken off the ship; or

(b) taken out of the port security zone.

(5) Despite subsection (4), where the authorised person has reason to believe that the seized item poses an imminent risk to safety or may not be lawfully possessed, the authorised person may

(a) destroy or otherwise dispose of the item; or

(b) deliver the item to the police.